Exhibit highlights the rich, dramatic history of Korea's national flag A new exhibition at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History showcases 210 Taegukgi flags, highlighting their role in Korea's struggle for justice, freedom, and unity throughout history. The exhibition runs until November 16. 2025.8.14
Hallyu's rise to global stardom, and the countries that helped it get there Korea has become a cultural juggernaut — but it didn't happen overnight. The rise of Hallyu had been progressing over the past few decades, slowly but steadily, in large part due to help from other countries. “It’s important to reflect on how... 2023.7.27
Exhibition commemorates decades of U.S., Korea relations "Katchi Kapshida! We Go Together!”- Legend has it that the wartime leaders during the Korean War (1950-53), including General Douglas A. MacArthur, General Matthew B. Ridgway, General Chung Il-kwon and General Paik Sun-yup, shook hands with this... 2023.7.8
Take a look back at Koreans' history with money in 'Dream of Big Savings' exhibit In the past, preserving mokdon, or a large lump sum, did not typically mean securing them in a bank account. It was customary for Koreans to bury it in their front lawns or stick it in-between books, meaning that it would be more accurate to say... 2023.3.5
National Museum of Korean Contemporary History updates its permanent exhibit The new and improved permanent exhibition at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in Jongno District, central Seoul, is offering an encyclopedic look into the formation of an independent Korea for its visitors in the new year. With... 2023.1.23
Celebrating history The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in Jongno District, central Seoul, is displaying media art on the digital screen of its exterior to celebrate the first anniversary of the screen's installation. The videos, with 3-D effects, show... 2023.1.17
From IDs to diaries - personal objects of those displaced by the Korean War A wooden box, a form of identification issued by the government of South Korea in 1949 and a diary — these are just a few of "The Things They Carried" during the Korean War. When the news broke that a war had begun in Korea scared civilians did... 2020.6.24
Special exhibition hopes to shed light on Gwangju uprising Features first-person accounts from government and citizens involved... “The atmosphere is so tense that even the sound of our breathing is getting on each other’s nerves,” wrote Kim Hyun-kyung in her diary dated May 23, 1980... 2020.5.17
![A Taegeukgi or Korean national flag secretly kept after Japan’s annexation of Korea in 1910. [NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREAN CONTEMPORARY HISTORY]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10900926.jpg?imageId=10900926&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Singer Psy was the cover model for Billboard magazine in 2012. [NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREAN CONTEMPORARY HISTORY]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11691784.jpg?imageId=11691784&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![“Special Exhibition on the 70th Anniversary of the ROK-U.S. Alliance' at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in Jongno District, central Seoul. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10635131.jpg?imageId=10635131&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Poster on small bond from the 1970s, now on view at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History for its 'Dream of Big Savings: Household Finance in Korean Contemporary History' exhibition [NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREAN CONTEMPORARY HISTORY]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10800126.jpg?imageId=10800126&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A section of the renewed exhibition at the History Gallery on the fifth floor of the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in Jongno District, central Seoul [LEE JIAN]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10655973.jpg?imageId=10655973&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A form of identification used south of the 38th demarcation line in Korea in 1949, left, and a form of identification used north of the line in 1948, right. [NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREAN CONTEMPORARY HISTORY]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10298813.jpg?imageId=10298813&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A special exhibition dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the May 18 movement in Gwangju is open through Oct. 31 at National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in central Seoul. [ESTHER CHUNG]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11209100.jpg?imageId=11209100&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)